Unfiltered: Are you really trauma bonding?

Welcome back to The Psychology Sisters! 

In our October unfiltered episode, Kat recaps her trip of a lifetime swimming with humpback whales in Tonga and a humbling pit! 
Aimee shares her half marathon run for DIPG raising money for children with rare cancer. 

Our loves and leaves are as follows:
Love: Pistachio spread from Coles, Haigs chocolate pistachio balls and Fat bear week. Kat also recommends line dancing!!
Leave: The summer I turned pretty and feeling cringe/ embarrassed. 

October is Mental Health Month and this year’s theme is “Taking Steps on Your Wellbeing Journey.” It’s all about the small, meaningful ways we can move toward better mental health — not in a perfect way, but in a real, human way.
And it’s also BPD Awareness Week from October 1st to 7th a really important time to remember that people living with Borderline Personality Disorder are not “too much,” “too complex,” or “too hard.” Recovery is absolutely possible with the right understanding and support and that message really ties into what we wanted to explore today. This episode’s a bit of an unfiltered check-in for all of us as we head into the last few months of the year. 

We’ll be chatting about two big things:
1.End-of-year burnout: why it sneaks up on us, and how we can start taking steps now to prevent it.
2.Trauma bonding: what it actually is, what it isn’t, and how to recognise it.

So if you’re feeling a bit over it, tired, or emotionally stretched, this one’s for you. Think of it as a gentle reset and a reminder that small steps really do matter on your wellbeing journey.

Aimee + Kat 

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